Brown Or Black Leather Jacket Turned Into A Longer Decision Than It Had Any Right To Be

My sister called me on a Tuesday, which is not a day she calls, to ask a single question. Brown or black, for a leather jacket, and she needed the…

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A Black Floral Dress To A Wedding Made Someone Ask If Black Was Appropriate

My sister in law sent me a photo of a dress at eleven at night with the caption “is this a NO” and three question marks, and the dress in…

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A Black Dress Shirt For A Funeral Might Not Be Enough On Its Own

I bought a black dress shirt for my uncle’s funeral three years ago and stood in my bedroom feeling like I’d solved the problem. Black shirt, black pants, done, right?…

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Whether Black Sneakers Genuinely Go With Everything Got Tested Properly This Time

I bought my first pair of black sneakers because a client canceled on me at 8am and I was standing in her closet with nothing to do but stare at…

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Hand Picked, The Gold Black Tie Dresses Worth Shopping

I had nineteen dresses on the shortlist. Nineteen. I know because I made a spreadsheet, because that is who I am now, and my mom saw it over my shoulder…

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Shop the Black Wrap Dresses We’d Actually Wear

Almost everyone on the shop floor agrees the black wrap dress is the closest thing to a cheat code a wardrobe owns. I say this as someone who spends her…

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Claire’s Pick of the Best Black Wrap Skirts

I own four black wrap skirts right now, which honestly is not a number I set out to reach, it just sort of happened over eighteen months of me checking…

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Shop the Black Wrap Tops We’d Actually Wear

I have owned a black wrap top since roughly 1994, and I want to be honest that it was never the same top, it was a rotating cast of nearly…

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Hand Picked, The Black Trench Coats Worth Shopping

One of us thinks a black trench is the most useful coat you can own. Another thinks black is the one color you should never buy this piece in, and…

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The Black Tweed Skirts Worth Your Money

My upstairs neighbor came down for wine in January, looked at the black tweed skirt drying flat on my radiator, and said, “isn’t that just a school uniform for adults.”…

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